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Breast cancer occurs in both men and women. The cost in human lives and suffering is tremendous but newer treatments and better methods of detection is saving lives everyday. Masive surgery is not always needed and consultation with several doctors can help a patient make a better decision on treatment.…

Now-a-days, many people become unable to maintain a healthy lifestyle due to various reasons. Eating unhealthy foods and no spare time for exercise have increased peoples chances of falling victim to diseases. Being a woman, you need to be more aware of your health. If you maintain a healthy life…

A woman's risk of stenosis, or narrowing of the arteries may increase if she develops breast cancer on the left side of the body and is treated with radiation. In a Swedish study, the risk for women developing narrowing arteries leading to the heart increases between four to seven times,…

Cause of Breast Cancer and its Prevention
Women are suffering from Breast Cancer issues and it really haunts us as to where from these Cancer cells originate.
As we all know Plastic products are harmful for the environment as well as to the body.
This being said, let me move…

E! News Host and reality tv star, Giuliana Rancic announced that she had breast cancer in October. At that time, she had lumpectomies to remove the cancer from both breasts but revealed on the Today Show that the doctors were unable to remove all of the cancerous tissue from one…

During my life I have been very healthy. I guess I took it for granted. Never missed a school day or very rarely.
When I was 15 years old, I started smoking. In my defence, we were very nieve in those days... smoking was grown up and sophicated. Oh well,…

Breast cancer is a tragic and unfortunate disease that has touched the lives of men and women all around the world. Technology has allowed for breakthroughs in medical science regarding breast cancer treatment, but there is still no cure for the sickness.
Did you know that men can get breast…

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that nearly one in four women who have the minimally invasive lumpectomy surgery to treat their breast cancer are likely to need a secondary surgery, up to and including a mastectomy to remove additional cancerous cells and affected…

Studies say there is a link between working long hours at night and the risks of women breast cancer. Women who were working on night shifts for almost 30 years ave been diagnosed for cancer twice the rate than women who never worked at night.
Coincidence?
Of-Course not.
So what…

According to research reports, breast cancer in the UK affects one out of eight women in some stage of her life. This disease has become a common disease in the UK and has taken the lives of many women in past years. Now, due to awareness and screening tests offered…

Breast cancer is one of the most frightening types of cancer that women face. Many of them concentrate on their risk factors, knowing that there are certain types of this disease that fly under all known radars, sneaking up on its victim who may not have a single one of…

As a clinical research nurse I want to get the word out that participating in a clinical trial is generally a win-win opportunity. Let’s explore together the types of research within a clinical trial you may be asked to participate in. The more you understand what is both offered and…

My mother died of brest cancer which left me and my sister with 50% chances to get brest cancer according to a doctor. If I understood it correctly that would mean one of us would be affected by brest cancer. I was only 22 years old and made decision not…

A proliferation of companies that invite you to take genetic tests to assess an individual's risk of getting sick. But the answers that you get only open new questions
As a sort of crystal ball, genetic tests promise to reveal all the hidden secrets to people in the DNA and…

Breast and ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancer that is diagnosed and prevalent in women today. It can affect women of every age, race and ethnic group. Based on the studies done in Germany each year around 60,000 women find they have breast cancer and another 9,000…

The month of awareness has come. Yes, October is being observed as National breast Cancer Awareness Month in the UK and other developed countries. Charities and health organizations are aiming to achieve different goals this month. Most of these charities are aiming to raise awareness whereas some charities are focusing…

The number of reported cases of breast cancer are increasing worldwide despite better education, detection and treatment methods. In 1980, the number of women with breast cancer worldwide was roughly 640,000. In 2010, that number had climbed to over a million. Researchers at the University of Washington, who compiled the…

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, is often seen as death sentence by the victims and their families especially in the third world. The reason behind the sufferers present very late and at that point, there is pretty little or nothing medical science can do…

The scientists and researchers call it the "valley of death". They are referring to the time period when a new cancer drug is discovered or developed to the time when it has been proven to be effective and allowed to be given. In most cases, it is a lengthy and…

Breast cancer is a frightening and often deadly disease, make no mistake about it. But, if you see the smiling faces of the survivors in the charity brochures, resplendent in pink everything, their bald heads tastefully hid behind a dainty scary (pink, of course) you kind of get the notion…

A risk factor can be defined as anything that puts you at increased risk of developing breast cancer. The presence of risk factors is not a reason to believe that one has cancer. Having one or more risk factors doesn’t indicate the presence of cancer, but it requires you to…

White women tend to get breast cancer at a higher rate than black women do, but according to a new study, it is the black woman that has the higher risk of dying from that diagnosis than her white counterpart's. Researchers will not work to figure out what is the…

Screening for breast cancer is a must to investigate many of the hidden facts about the disease. It also helps out to identify the stage and intensity of breast cancer. It is indeed a big discussion when it comes to diagnose breast cancer and further to look for the details…

Mine, is a disease that since the name did not promise anything good: triple negative to say no to three three possible targets for new therapies targeting. It means that doctors had no other weapon than the old chemotherapy, its side effects. But the doctor was treating me gave me…

Much evidence supports the idea that tumors take a lot of time, often decades, to progress into being visible. Tumors are also a series of increasingly neoplastic phenotypes, in which progression is driven by mutations. The current understanding of tumor progression in humans shows that cancer cells acquire their malignancy…

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancers among women and it starts as an abnormal group of cells that multiply in an uncontrolled manner. This uncontrolled growth causes damage to neighboring tissues and can appear as a lump or tumor.
No one knows the reasons for…

Doctors have long wondered why two women with the "same" type of breast cancer could have wildly different prognoses when following the same treatment plans. A new, multinational research study may illustrate why that is as well as providing scientists with new directions to take future research studies in. That…

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and this sentence is also very much familiar to everyone. Prevention is the most important step towards the safety and to practice it breast cancer screening is essential for every woman. It is also a fact that almost half of the…

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is one of the nation's leading breast cancer charities. Founded in 1982, nearly two billion dollars for breast cancer research has been raised by a number of events as well as products that bear the charity's name. For years, that charity has been…

For years, the experts have suggested that mammography is the key to early breast cancer detection. While that medical test may be helpful in a number of cases, new research is suggesting that for some groups of women, it may actually increase the risk of developing breast cancer. The study,…